reclaimthenet on Nostr: Hopefully, governments forcing people to show ID just to get online might end up ...
Hopefully, governments forcing people to show ID just to get online might end up being the biggest push towards open source and decentralization we’ve seen.
People will just host their own instances with no third party to hand your ID to, or a company deciding whether you’re allowed to speak.
The more they try to control this stuff, the more reason people have to build things they can’t control.
Published at
2026-09-23 17:40:46 UTCEvent JSON
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